Fugitive from Hampden County jail turns himself in to police

SPRINGFIELD, MASS. &GT;&GT; A fugitive who escaped from the Hampden County Correctional Facility in western Massachusetts has surrendered to authorities in Springfield.

The Springfield Republican reports <URL destination="http://bit.ly/1NJ6ezX">23-year-old Ackeem Graham managed to escape while going through the intake process at the Ludlow jail on Wednesday afternoon.

</URL>Graham, who was about to begin a one-year sentence for a firearms conviction, slipped out through the jail's pedestrian sally port just after 3 p.m.

A manhunt for Graham began immediately after jail officials reported his escape.

Hampden County Sheriff's Department spokesman Richard McCarthy says law enforcement officials received a call from Graham several hours later saying he wished to surrender.

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